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PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XI, January, 1957 
Zimmerman; Suva, Feb. 1952, Gressitt; Raki 
Raki, Jan. 1955, Lami, Mar. 1951, Krauss. 
Thirty-seven specimens. 
ovalau: Andubangda and Draiba trail 
July 1938, Zimmerman. 
taveuni: Buthalevu. 
lau: Avea, Sept. 1924, Bryan. 
47. Stygnobia oconnori Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 19^ 
Reddish ochraceous brown, slightly tinged 
with bronze above, paler ochraceous beneath 
and on appendages. Dorsum distinctly 
clothed with posteriorly curved silvery white 
hairs, part of which appear somewhat golden 
in certain lights. 
Head two-thirds as broad as prothorax, 
moderately punctured, more densely so on 
posterior portion of occiput, and postocciput. 
Antenna nearly three-fourths as long as body, 
not very stout, gradually thickened from third 
segment; third segment barely as long as 
second, subequal to next two; remainder 
slightly longer. Prothorax more than four- 
fifths as long as broad, distinctly rounded at 
side, widest just behind middle, distinctly 
narrower apically than basally, slightly nar- 
rower than elytra; disc deeply, closely, and 
subrugosely punctured, the punctures partly 
sublongitudinal, or arranged longitudinally, 
in central portion. Scutellum small, narrow, 
narrowed and subrounded behind. Elytron 
short, subparallel in basal two-thirds, strongly 
convex, deeply and closely, and only in part 
subseriately punctured on basal half, much 
more finely and sparsely punctured on pos- 
terior half. Ventral surfaces deeply punctured 
in a few rows on metasternum, somewhat 
rugose on abdomen. Length 1.76 mm.; breadth 
1.06 mm. 
Paratypes: Length 1.65-2.2 mm.; breadth 
1-1.2 mm. 
ovalau: Holotype (Bishop 2425), Andu- 
bangda, 400 m., beating, July 15, 1938, Zim- 
merman. 
viti LEVU: Nandarivatu, 1100 m., Sept. 3, 
Mt. Victoria, 1000 m., Sept. 13, Tholo-i-suva, 
Fig. 19. a, Stygnobia oconnori Gressitt, n. sp., aedea- 
gus; b, Stygnobia albiseta Gressitt, n. sp., aedeagus. 
150 m., July 21, Navai-Nasonga trail, 1000 
m., Sept. 12, 1938, Zimmerman. Natubakula, 
near Singatoka, Apr. 19, 1941; Lami Quarry, 
near Suva, May 1951, Krauss; Tholo-i-suva, 
Apr. 1951, Krauss. 
VANUA LEVU: Nakawanga, 75 m., Oct. 9, 
1955, Gressitt. 
LAU: Buthalevu, 75 m., Aug. 10, Mbavatu, 
Aug. 16, 1938, Vanua Mbalavu L, Zimmer- 
man. 
A total of 19 paratypes. 
Differs from S. evansi (Bryant) in being 
much shorter, paler, less purplish, less rugose, 
less regularly punctured, and with the pro- 
thorax relatively broader. Named for B. A. 
O’Connor, Senior Entomologist, Fiji, as a 
token of appreciation for kindnesses tendered. 
48. Stygnobia albiseta Gressitt, n. sp. 
Fig. 19^ 
Male: Reddish brown; testaceous on front 
of head, antenna, and legs; head and pro- 
notum very slightly bronzy. Body clothed 
above with fairly long, arched, whitish hairs, 
which are particularly long on pronotum and 
side of elytron; ventral surfaces more sparsely 
and briefly clothed with less whitish hairs. 
